The Freedom & Captivity Archives of Maine

Colby Libraries are excited to partner with Freedom & Captivity and the Maine Historical Society to preserve and share Freedom & Captivity’s digital archives. Freedom & Captivity is a collaborative, grassroots initiative to envision and promote restorative responses to harm, investments in community well-being, and safe, supported pathways to decarceration. The Freedom & Captivity Archives are a digital collection of carceral experience that showcases the hidden stories of Maine’s incarcerated community members and others impacted by Maine’s criminal legal system. This is the first archival space in Maine to hold stories about incarceration, curated and sensitively contextualized by those most impacted by incarceration. Freedom & Captivity welcomes stories and artifacts from Mainers who have been impacted by the criminal legal system because they served time in prison or jail, had an incarcerated family member, or were involved in the criminal legal system as someone who either caused harm or experienced harm. To learn more about Freedom & Captivity, please visit their website. To view the Freedom & Captivity Archives, please visit Colby Libraries at JSTOR.